noun, feminine/vɛʁ.ɡɔɲ/plural: vergognes
shame (feeling); restraint, moderation; modesty, decency
Synonyms: honte, refrènement, retenue, modération, modestie, décence
Inherited from Old French vergogne, vergoigne, inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vérécondie, an obsolete Renaissance borrowing.